Alfredo Chiaramonte was born in Bologna in 1961 and studied at the Faculty of Architecture of Venice. Marco Marin was born in Venice in 1964 and graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts specializing in industrial design. They have collaborated with companies in the furniture and publishing sectors.
In 1989 the professional partnership between Alfredo Chiaramonte and Marco Marin was launched, with the foundation of the eponymous Designstudio. Both share a passion for objects which manifest as industrial products. Their professional interest ranges across numerous fields (interior, graphic, industrial, lighting) and benefits from the permeation of experiences and knowledge they have gained over the years, thus creating an interdisciplinary perspective, a kind of humus to fertilize the soil of their ideas. This is, for example, how the long-standing collaboration with Murano glass companies has allowed them to short-circuit two apparently different fields, creating several lines of objects, glasses and blown glass lamps for leading companies.
They have collaborated with companies in the furniture and publishing sector including Andromeda International, Axo Light, Artificia, Bonaldo, Calligaris, Cattelan Italia, Emu group, Eurobags, Stasis, Fornasarig, Gruppo editoriale Gemina, Hoffman Italia, Miniforms, Moulinex, NasonMoretti, Renault Italia, Sica and Vistosi.
In recent years they have received widespread recognition. Some of their works have been exhibited in permanent collections and in international museums including the Correr museum in Venice, the Beauburg in Paris, the MOMA in San Francisco and the Venice Biennale, collaborating on a project by Yoko Ono. They have also won numerous awards, including the first prize in the 1996 Young and Design Competition. Their continuous training at Murano furnaces in addition to their knowledge of glass technology and craftsmanship have led to their professional expertise in glass design lighting, which has been fully exploited in the “Artificia” project.
